by Monica Wiant | Mar 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
My brother is 5 1/2 years older than me. Growing up, I was always one life stage behind him. When Chris was in high school, I was still in grade school. When I started junior high, he went off to college. The summer before I went to college, Chris got married and...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m writing from the passenger seat of our Prius, driving through a cloudless twilight in western Minnesota. We are en route to Fargo to visit my family. A fresh mix CD is in the stereo, the snow is quietly melting into the farmland, and it’s a...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I still remember the moment I found out about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It was 2009, and I was in San Francisco, talking to a man who had made it his personal and professional mission to help people and companies comprehend the environmental devastation caused...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
A week ago, I promised that I would write every day for 40 days. It’s harder than I expected it would be. Some days, I sit down to write and the words pour across the screen like they were already written, tucked away somewhere, just ready to come out and...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was at the keyboard, trying to think of a blog topic, when my cat, Rosie, jumped onto my lap. I moved her to the floor and resumed staring at the blank screen and trying to think of a topic. Rosie jumped back onto my lap. I moved her to the floor. Her brother, Max,...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am not good at waiting for things.I take brownies out of the oven while they’re still gooey.I touch things before my nail polish is dry.I believe that Christmas gifts may be opened anytime in the Decemberish season.Waiting for spring is very, very hard for me,...
